Streeton Lawyers recently represented a client who had been charged with driving with mid range prescribed concentration of alcohol (PCA).
Driving mid range PCA is a serious offence and carries a maximum penalty of 9 months imprisonment and/or a fine of $2,200 for a first offence. Upon conviction, a mid range PCA offence carries an automatic disqualification period of 6 months. A Magistrate has the discretion to reduce this automatic disqualification period down to 3 months. Mid range PCA offences also carry an automatic interlock period of 12 months.
For further information about an offence of mid-range PCA, please see our page.
Streeton Lawyers made strong submissions to the Court, in combination with our client’s powerful character references and subjective circumstances, urging the Magistrate to impose the minimum penalty for our client.
The Magistrate ultimately agreed with the submissions and imposed the minimum disqualification period of 3 months in addition to a $750.00 fine. This means that our client received a significantly reduced disqualification period.
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